/*
 * Project it.battlehorse.rcp.tools.commons
 * Created on May 7, 2006
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 * A copy of the LGPL is available also at
 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
 * 
 */ 
package it.battlehorse.rcp.tools.commons;

import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.ui.plugin.AbstractUIPlugin;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;

/**
 * The Activator class for the Commons plug-in.
 * 
 * @author battlehorse
 * @since May 7, 2006
 */
public class CommonsActivator extends AbstractUIPlugin {

	//The shared instance.
	private static CommonsActivator plugin;	
	
	/**
	 * Creates a new instance of the class
	 */
	public CommonsActivator() {
		plugin = this;
	}
	
	/**
	 * This method is called upon plug-in activation
	 */
	@Override
	public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.start(context);

	}

	/**
	 * This method is called when the plug-in is stopped
	 */
	@Override
	public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
		super.stop(context);
		plugin = null;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the shared instance.
	 */
	public static CommonsActivator getDefault() {
		return plugin;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns an image descriptor for the image file at the given
	 * plug-in relative path.
	 *
	 * @param path the path
	 * @return the image descriptor
	 */
	public static ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String path) {
		return AbstractUIPlugin.imageDescriptorFromPlugin("it.battlehorse.rcp.tools.commons", path);
	}

	
}
